Businesses that Sell to Consumers. 1  Product driven. 2  Maximize the value of the transaction. 3  Large target market. 4  Single step buying process, shorter sales cycle. 5  Brand identity created through repetition and imagery. 6  Merchandising and point of purchase activities. 7  Emotional buying decision based on status, desire, or price.
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An endospore is a dormant, tough, non-reproductive structure produced by a small number of bacteria from the Firmicute family. The primary function of most endospores is to ensure the survival of a bacterium through periods of environmental stress. They are therefore resistant to ultraviolet and gamma radiation, desiccation, lysozyme, temperature, starvation, and chemical disinfectants.
Under conditions of starvation, especially the lack of carbon and nitrogen sources, a single endospores form within some of the bacteria. The process is called sporulation (def). First the DNA replicates (Fig. 3, step 1)and a cytoplasmic membrane septum forms at one end of the cell (Fig.. Function of Endospores. An endospore is not a reproductive structure but rather a resistant, dormant survival form of the organism. Endospores are quite resistant to high temperatures (including boiling), most disinfectants, low energy radiation, drying, etc.